AcerAspire1641LMi

Current Issues

Sound, battery problems after installation (can be fixed) in Breezy

Hardware details

in Breezy?

in Edgy

Installation works?

yes

yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Edgy?

Screen

yes

yes

Correct resolution?

yes

yes

Correct refresh rate?

yes

yes

3D Acceleration

yes

yes

External monitor works?

yes, see notes

see notes

External monitor - mirrors

no

see notes

External monitor - extend desktop

no

yes

Power Management

Battery detected?

see notes

yes

Hibernates?

yes

yes, but sometimes doesn't wake

Sleep

Untested

yes, but sometimes doesn't wake

Dim monitor on battery

yes

yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

yes

yes

Lid Close

yes

yes

Cpu frequency scaling

yes

yes

Sound

Sound works?

see notes

yes

Correct volume?

volume is low compared to Windows

volume is low

Hardware volume switch

no

yes

Headphone jack

yes

yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

yes

yes

Wireless NIC

yes

yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

n/a

n/a

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

just with Windows

just windows

Infrared

n/a

n/a

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

yes

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

yes

yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

no

Untested

External mouse - USB

yes

yes

External mouse - Serial

n/a

n/a

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

n/a

n/a

USB

yes

yes

Serial

n/a

n/a

Parallel

n/a

n/a

External Monitor - VGA

n/a

n/a

External Monitor - DVI

n/a

n/a

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

n/a

n/a

PS/2

n/a

n/a

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

n/a

n/a

CD/DVD drive

yes

yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

n/a

n/a

Card reader(s)

n/a

n/a

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Edgy?

+ F1

Hot Key Help

no

yes

+ F2

Acer eSetting

no

Untested

+ F3

Acer ePM

no

Untested

+ F4

Sleep

no

no

+ F5

Display switch (to external)

Untested

no

+ F6

blacklight off

yes

yes

+ F7

Touchpad off

yes

yes

+ F8

Mute

no

yes

+ F11

Num Lock

yes

yes

+ F12

Scroll Lock

no

Untested

+ Left

Brightness -

yes

yes

+ Right

Brightness +

yes

yes

+ Up

Volume +

no

yes

+ Down

Volume -

no

yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Edgy?

$

Dollar Sign

No

no

Euro

Euro Sign

No

no

P

User Definable Button

Windows only

no

E

Acer eManager

Windows only

yes

Globe

Launch Internet

no

yes

Envelope

Launch E-mail

no

yes

Bluetooth switch

Untested (see notes)

Untested

Wireless switch

Yes (see notes)

yes (no led)

Notes

Sound: There was no sound after install, however it can be fixed. After the patch, everything (microphone, front speaker, headphones) works correctly. See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=791304&postcount=164 Battery: Battery status not detected, fix at http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=604504&postcount=72 3D works correctly. (it was reported as not working at the model 1642WLMi wiki-page) Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz (same as Window$ default resolution) External monitor: works, but you have to reboot the machine :(. It cannot be managed to use the TFT and an external monitor together, the Fn+F5 combination is useless. Bluetooth&Wireless switch, hotkeys: don't work, but there is a module called acerhk, which should fix it -- I haven't tried this yet (if you try it, and it works, please tell me about it ;)) New info: I had now the possibility to test the WLAN card, and it works correctly, even the wireless switch on the front panel is working (without the acerhk module!) I installed the acerhk module, but it won't work - I got an error message saying 'Unknown Travelmate model' Sad :( Hope I'll find a solution for those leds soon - it's not that crucial, but anyway... Smile :)

* Thanks for the suggestion, bug posted.

Notes for Edgy

* To use external monitor, a package named i810switch is needed. To use these features of the laptop, BIOS settings have to be changed. To mirror the monitor to external, change the relevant monitor setting (Internal/External VGA) to Both. In this case the external image exists, but it's quality is poor. This setting is also OK for Xinerama. The best choice to use a projector on this laptop with these drivers is to set this option to External, and forget the LCD display. Sad :(

PS.: I would be pleased if you could send me an e-mail, if you feel this page helped you a lot... Smile :)


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